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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Johnson Njongo" <njongo48@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:19:15 +1200
Subject:

Benjamin Tefeya
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Phone: +31633737131
Email: johnsonnjongo@netscape.net

13th January, 2006


Dear Sir,

A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE

Though this letter may come to you as a surprise, with due respect, trust
and humility, I use this medium
to write this letter to you irrespective of the fact that you do not know
me, but please do consider this
letter as a request from a family in dare need of assistance.

I am Mr. Johnson Njongo and my sister is Miss Ollian Njongo, we are the
children of late Chief Bernard
Tefeya from Limbe- Abidjan, Cote'Ivore west Africa. I am writing you in
absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance to
transfer our cash of Twenty Million Dollars (US$20,000.000.00) Twenty
Million United States Dollar
cash bond concealed and secured in Two treasure trunk boxes which is now
safely secured in the
vault of a Security brokerage Firm here in Netherlands. The money is
declared as family valuables by
my late father as a matter of fact the company does not know the content as
money, although my father
made them to understand that the boxes belongs to his foreign partner.

Source of the money:

My late father Chief Bernard Njongo, a native of Limbe District in the
Northern Province of Cote'Ivore,
was the General Manager of Cote'Ivore Mining co-operation (C.I.M.C.)
Abidjan. According to my
father, this money was the income accrued from Mining Cooperation’s over
draft and minor sales from coca.
Before the peak of the civil war between the rebel’s forces and the
combined
forces of ECOMOG peacekeeping operation that almost destroyed my country,
following an uncessful attempt
to removal from power of the civilian elected President Mr. Gbagbo by the
rebels.

My late father had already made arrangement for us, my mother, my little
sister and myself to be
evacuated to Seirra Leone with the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT he made with the
security firm
in Netherlands. Due to the war in Sierra Leone that time, my sister and i
were evacuated to Amsterdam
the Netherlands after the death of my mother through the aid of U.N
evacuation team where we are
currently seeking political asylum. During the war in my country, and
following the indiscriminate looting of
Public and Government properties by the rebel forces, the Cote'Ivore mining
coop. was one of the
targets looted and destroyed. My father including other top Government
functionaries were attacked and
killed by the rebels in November 2005 because of his relationship with the
civilian Government of Mr. L. Gbagbo.

As a result of my father's death and with the news of my uncle's
involvement in the air crash in July it
dashed our hope of survival. The untimely deaths caused my mother's heart
failure and other related
complications of which she later died in the hospital after we must have
spent a lot of money on her early
last year. Now my 18 years old sister and I are alone in this strange
country suffering without any care or
help. Without any relation, we are now like refugees and orphans. Our only
hope now is in you to assist us. I humbly solicit your assistance in the
followings ways.

1. To assist us claim this boxes from the security Firm as the beneficiary
on our behalf
2. To provide a bank account where this money can be transferred.
3. To make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on our
behalf in your country and you,
as our Adviser/ Manager

For your assistance, I have agreed with my sister that 20% of the total
amount will be for your effort and
another 10 % to cover all the expenses that you may inure during the
business transaction, Lastly, I urge
you to keep this transaction strictly confidential as no one knows our
where about.
Please as you show your willingness; feel free to call me on phone on the
above number or send me
an e-mail through my private Email (johnsonnjongo@netscape.net)
Also forward to us your full name, contact address and Tel/ Fax numbers,
to me via my private email address as indicated.

We are anxiously awaiting your response.

Thanks. May God bless you as you assist us?


MR. JOHNSON NJONGO


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